Brittany Ellich
@brittanyellich.com
Senior dev @github.com| Speaker & educator | Talking accessibility, refactoring, AI & career growth | Host of @overcommitted.dev | balancedengineer.com | Building sustainable careers in tech | brittanyellich.com #pdx
The commit graphghan is coming together 👀
I finally picked up this project again and found a way to get it a bit more organized with a yarn bowl!
I'm really not looking forward to the number of ends to weave in, though 🥲
I finally picked up this project again and found a way to get it a bit more organized with a yarn bowl!
I'm really not looking forward to the number of ends to weave in, though 🥲
January 24, 2026 at 8:21 PM
The commit graphghan is coming together 👀
I finally picked up this project again and found a way to get it a bit more organized with a yarn bowl!
I'm really not looking forward to the number of ends to weave in, though 🥲
I finally picked up this project again and found a way to get it a bit more organized with a yarn bowl!
I'm really not looking forward to the number of ends to weave in, though 🥲
Reposted by Brittany Ellich
If you missed it, @Brittanyellich.com explains why maintaining existing systems often beats rewriting them and how to use coding agents without chaos.
Catch up on her conversation with @Robbyonrails.com on @maintainable.fm:
maintainable.fm/episodes/bri...
Catch up on her conversation with @Robbyonrails.com on @maintainable.fm:
maintainable.fm/episodes/bri...
January 23, 2026 at 2:03 PM
If you missed it, @Brittanyellich.com explains why maintaining existing systems often beats rewriting them and how to use coding agents without chaos.
Catch up on her conversation with @Robbyonrails.com on @maintainable.fm:
maintainable.fm/episodes/bri...
Catch up on her conversation with @Robbyonrails.com on @maintainable.fm:
maintainable.fm/episodes/bri...
You know who has starter packs already?
@bsky.app 😏
Here's one I am maintaining for folks who write content for developers!
go.bsky.app/AnM2t7r
@bsky.app 😏
Here's one I am maintaining for folks who write content for developers!
go.bsky.app/AnM2t7r
January 22, 2026 at 2:13 PM
You know who has starter packs already?
@bsky.app 😏
Here's one I am maintaining for folks who write content for developers!
go.bsky.app/AnM2t7r
@bsky.app 😏
Here's one I am maintaining for folks who write content for developers!
go.bsky.app/AnM2t7r
Want to level up your #AI knowledge? 👀
It made a starter pack. Lack of inclusion is not a judgment against you and is only an indicator doll's mental ram ran out of room. It can add you on request.
go.bsky.app/L71zwey
go.bsky.app/L71zwey
January 22, 2026 at 3:30 AM
Want to level up your #AI knowledge? 👀
This room is such a vibe now and I love spending time in it (which is good cause I spend a lot of time in it).
Thank you for the help @dangitalex.wtf !!
Thank you for the help @dangitalex.wtf !!
January 22, 2026 at 3:19 AM
This room is such a vibe now and I love spending time in it (which is good cause I spend a lot of time in it).
Thank you for the help @dangitalex.wtf !!
Thank you for the help @dangitalex.wtf !!
I'm sorry for what I said when I was overstimulated.
January 22, 2026 at 3:02 AM
I'm sorry for what I said when I was overstimulated.
This is huge 👀
W is a new European platform aspiring to be an alternative to X.
What if we told you that it may actually be launching as an ATProto powered app?
This is a W for ATProto
atprotocol.dev/w-for-atproto/
What if we told you that it may actually be launching as an ATProto powered app?
This is a W for ATProto
atprotocol.dev/w-for-atproto/
W for ATProto
W is a new platform recently announced, aspiring to be a European alternative to X.
It may actually be powered by ATProto, based on leaked screenshots.
This is a win for ATProto
atprotocol.dev
January 21, 2026 at 9:55 PM
This is huge 👀
One of the biggest lessons I've learned as a software engineer is that working code is worth maintaining.
I was thrilled to be asked to be on the @maintainable.fm podcast with @robbyonrails.com ! If you want to learn more about using #AI to make codebases better, you should check it out!
I was thrilled to be asked to be on the @maintainable.fm podcast with @robbyonrails.com ! If you want to learn more about using #AI to make codebases better, you should check it out!
@Brittanyellich.com shares lessons from maintaining GitHub’s long-lived systems, why most rewrites stall momentum, and how teams can use coding agents without creating new debt.
Listen on Maintainable with @Robbyonrails.com:
maintainable.fm/episodes/bri...
Listen on Maintainable with @Robbyonrails.com:
maintainable.fm/episodes/bri...
January 21, 2026 at 2:21 PM
One of the biggest lessons I've learned as a software engineer is that working code is worth maintaining.
I was thrilled to be asked to be on the @maintainable.fm podcast with @robbyonrails.com ! If you want to learn more about using #AI to make codebases better, you should check it out!
I was thrilled to be asked to be on the @maintainable.fm podcast with @robbyonrails.com ! If you want to learn more about using #AI to make codebases better, you should check it out!
You can handle so much more than you think you can
Capacity is relative
You can handle so much more than you think
brittanyellich.leaflet.pub
January 20, 2026 at 11:50 PM
You can handle so much more than you think you can
Reposted by Brittany Ellich
This week on Overcommitted, @abbeyperini.dev gets real about accessibility and ADHD 👀
This was a great talk and this clip captured a bunch of the best moments ♥️
Full episode out now wherever you listen!
This was a great talk and this clip captured a bunch of the best moments ♥️
Full episode out now wherever you listen!
January 20, 2026 at 10:24 PM
This week on Overcommitted, @abbeyperini.dev gets real about accessibility and ADHD 👀
This was a great talk and this clip captured a bunch of the best moments ♥️
Full episode out now wherever you listen!
This was a great talk and this clip captured a bunch of the best moments ♥️
Full episode out now wherever you listen!
Reposted by Brittany Ellich
I have no more patience for platforms. I'm done.
#offprint
https://tynanistyping.offprint.app/a/3mcsvjjceei23-publishing-on-the-atmosphere
#offprint
https://tynanistyping.offprint.app/a/3mcsvjjceei23-publishing-on-the-atmosphere
Tynan Is Typing | Tynan Purdy | Offprint
Take a peek inside my brain. Internet thoughts. Design takes. Pontificating on life.
tynanistyping.offprint.app
January 20, 2026 at 2:12 AM
I have no more patience for platforms. I'm done.
#offprint
https://tynanistyping.offprint.app/a/3mcsvjjceei23-publishing-on-the-atmosphere
#offprint
https://tynanistyping.offprint.app/a/3mcsvjjceei23-publishing-on-the-atmosphere
I recently hired @dangitalex.wtf to help me with lighting design for my office and am doing the work to set it all up today and omg.... He's like, really good 👀 excited to share a before and after soon!!
January 18, 2026 at 6:30 PM
I recently hired @dangitalex.wtf to help me with lighting design for my office and am doing the work to set it all up today and omg.... He's like, really good 👀 excited to share a before and after soon!!
Reposted by Brittany Ellich
Welcome to all the new users! We're Streamplace: Open-Source livestreaming on the AT Protocol.
Get started streaming today with OBS! Directions and video settings are here: docs.stream.place/docs/guides/...
Get started streaming today with OBS! Directions and video settings are here: docs.stream.place/docs/guides/...
Start streaming with OBS
This guide walks you through configuring OBS (Open Broadcaster Software) for desktop streaming using Streamplace.
docs.stream.place
January 16, 2026 at 7:06 PM
Welcome to all the new users! We're Streamplace: Open-Source livestreaming on the AT Protocol.
Get started streaming today with OBS! Directions and video settings are here: docs.stream.place/docs/guides/...
Get started streaming today with OBS! Directions and video settings are here: docs.stream.place/docs/guides/...
Guess who is now an official card carrying member of the Interim Computer Museum? 😎
This is such a cool way to interact with historical tech and learn from the past! Thank you @scott.hanselman.com for the push 😄
This is such a cool way to interact with historical tech and learn from the past! Thank you @scott.hanselman.com for the push 😄
January 16, 2026 at 10:47 PM
Guess who is now an official card carrying member of the Interim Computer Museum? 😎
This is such a cool way to interact with historical tech and learn from the past! Thank you @scott.hanselman.com for the push 😄
This is such a cool way to interact with historical tech and learn from the past! Thank you @scott.hanselman.com for the push 😄
Reposted by Brittany Ellich
New logo, who dis?
We are employing are very limited design skills to make a thing. Do you like it? 😄
We are employing are very limited design skills to make a thing. Do you like it? 😄
January 16, 2026 at 7:05 PM
New logo, who dis?
We are employing are very limited design skills to make a thing. Do you like it? 😄
We are employing are very limited design skills to make a thing. Do you like it? 😄
We are halfway through the Writing for Developers book club through the @overcommitted.dev community and the writing motivation is strong 💪
- 10 blog posts folks wrote this week and got feedback on
- Discussions every day and started some co-working sessions
- A supportive community of developers
- 10 blog posts folks wrote this week and got feedback on
- Discussions every day and started some co-working sessions
- A supportive community of developers
January 16, 2026 at 2:36 PM
We are halfway through the Writing for Developers book club through the @overcommitted.dev community and the writing motivation is strong 💪
- 10 blog posts folks wrote this week and got feedback on
- Discussions every day and started some co-working sessions
- A supportive community of developers
- 10 blog posts folks wrote this week and got feedback on
- Discussions every day and started some co-working sessions
- A supportive community of developers
Reposted by Brittany Ellich
I think this is a solid take by @brittanyellich.com (from @github.com): brittanyellich.com/ai-has-an-im...
January 14, 2026 at 10:23 PM
I think this is a solid take by @brittanyellich.com (from @github.com): brittanyellich.com/ai-has-an-im...
Pets stay free AND yoga mats in every room?? Me (and Timber!!) are in! 😎
We've partnered with 2 boutique hotels in downtown Seattle for CascadiaJS 2026. Here's why you'll love them:
- Pets stay for FREE 🐶 😻
- Quick walk to the venue 🚶🏽♀️
- Free wifi 💻
- Breast milk fridge upon request! 👶
- Yoga mats in every room 🧘
These fill up fast, so book soon! cascadiajs.com/2026
- Pets stay for FREE 🐶 😻
- Quick walk to the venue 🚶🏽♀️
- Free wifi 💻
- Breast milk fridge upon request! 👶
- Yoga mats in every room 🧘
These fill up fast, so book soon! cascadiajs.com/2026
January 14, 2026 at 7:59 PM
Pets stay free AND yoga mats in every room?? Me (and Timber!!) are in! 😎
A recipe to make the world hate AI:
1 part apocalyptic predictions
1 part bias
1 part stealing art
1000 parts hype
Mix during political and economic turbulence and serve.
I spent a year getting good at these tools. Here's what I learned about where we are today with #AI.
1 part apocalyptic predictions
1 part bias
1 part stealing art
1000 parts hype
Mix during political and economic turbulence and serve.
I spent a year getting good at these tools. Here's what I learned about where we are today with #AI.
AI Has an Image Problem
I spent 2025 going from skeptical to genuinely excited about AI tools. My non-tech friends and family spent 2025 learning to hate them. The AI industry has fumbled this introduction so badly that we'v...
brittanyellich.com
January 14, 2026 at 6:07 AM
A recipe to make the world hate AI:
1 part apocalyptic predictions
1 part bias
1 part stealing art
1000 parts hype
Mix during political and economic turbulence and serve.
I spent a year getting good at these tools. Here's what I learned about where we are today with #AI.
1 part apocalyptic predictions
1 part bias
1 part stealing art
1000 parts hype
Mix during political and economic turbulence and serve.
I spent a year getting good at these tools. Here's what I learned about where we are today with #AI.
One of my favorite parts about AI is that I can now end every sentence with an exclamation point and it isn't weird! I can convey how excited I truly am, and it just tells you that this wasn't written by AI! I'm a human! This is awesome!
January 13, 2026 at 8:23 PM
One of my favorite parts about AI is that I can now end every sentence with an exclamation point and it isn't weird! I can convey how excited I truly am, and it just tells you that this wasn't written by AI! I'm a human! This is awesome!
Reposted by Brittany Ellich
The Overcommitted hosts recently sat down with @christinacodes.dev and learned her approach to building "silly software"!
Want to learn web sockets? Build a cursed video player!
Saw a joke about coding with Gen Z slang? make a Babel plugin!
Add a twist, make it fun, and learn by doing!
Want to learn web sockets? Build a cursed video player!
Saw a joke about coding with Gen Z slang? make a Babel plugin!
Add a twist, make it fun, and learn by doing!
January 13, 2026 at 8:22 PM
The Overcommitted hosts recently sat down with @christinacodes.dev and learned her approach to building "silly software"!
Want to learn web sockets? Build a cursed video player!
Saw a joke about coding with Gen Z slang? make a Babel plugin!
Add a twist, make it fun, and learn by doing!
Want to learn web sockets? Build a cursed video player!
Saw a joke about coding with Gen Z slang? make a Babel plugin!
Add a twist, make it fun, and learn by doing!
I wrote this while working on @collectivesocial.app . I'm going to go finish it now.
The subtle peer pressure of working in public
How to go from starting things to finishing things.
brittanyellich.leaflet.pub
January 10, 2026 at 9:51 PM
I wrote this while working on @collectivesocial.app . I'm going to go finish it now.
In 2025 I spoke at 5+ conferences, started a podcast, learned a TON, finished a Spartan race, raised 3 tiny humans, and learned I'm probably doing too much 😅
Here is my year in review, the top things I learned, and what I'm changing in 2026:
brittanyellich.com/2025-in-revi...
Here is my year in review, the top things I learned, and what I'm changing in 2026:
brittanyellich.com/2025-in-revi...
2025 in review
2025 was my year of doing ALL the things - speaking at 5+ conferences, starting a podcast, shipping side projects, and somehow not completely burning out. I learned that momentum creates more momentum...
brittanyellich.com
January 9, 2026 at 11:39 PM
In 2025 I spoke at 5+ conferences, started a podcast, learned a TON, finished a Spartan race, raised 3 tiny humans, and learned I'm probably doing too much 😅
Here is my year in review, the top things I learned, and what I'm changing in 2026:
brittanyellich.com/2025-in-revi...
Here is my year in review, the top things I learned, and what I'm changing in 2026:
brittanyellich.com/2025-in-revi...
This week on @overcommitted.dev , why education for engineers with 2-3 years of experience is critical: they don't know what they don't know.
Check out the episode as we chat with @glich.stream about why he's creating a system design course specifically for this demographic.
Check out the episode as we chat with @glich.stream about why he's creating a system design course specifically for this demographic.
January 8, 2026 at 10:52 PM
This week on @overcommitted.dev , why education for engineers with 2-3 years of experience is critical: they don't know what they don't know.
Check out the episode as we chat with @glich.stream about why he's creating a system design course specifically for this demographic.
Check out the episode as we chat with @glich.stream about why he's creating a system design course specifically for this demographic.
There's a new meetup happening next week in Vancouver WA for anyone else in that area! I know this is a big remote worker spot so it's time to get out of the house for a bit 😁
luma.com/mp7nv4ln?tk=...
Thank you @saeris.gg for organizing ♥️
luma.com/mp7nv4ln?tk=...
Thank you @saeris.gg for organizing ♥️
DEV Monthly Social Gathering · Luma
Join us for drinks and friendly conversation at Tap Union Freehouse in downtown Vancouver for our monthly social gathering! Meet fellow designers and engineers…
luma.com
January 8, 2026 at 2:57 PM
There's a new meetup happening next week in Vancouver WA for anyone else in that area! I know this is a big remote worker spot so it's time to get out of the house for a bit 😁
luma.com/mp7nv4ln?tk=...
Thank you @saeris.gg for organizing ♥️
luma.com/mp7nv4ln?tk=...
Thank you @saeris.gg for organizing ♥️